Search engines look at how many times a keyword shows up in various parts of your website as well as actual location on page.

Assuming that an important subject for your pages would appear at beginning of a page, those web pages starting with keyword should rank better than those that don't.

Also, in many cases, more websites linking to your site will drastically impact your rankings.

Entire books and websites exist to teach eager website owners how to pump up their rankings on all various search engines, however these promotion tips will serve you well in your quest for "Top Ten!"

** See what others have done for maximum exposure!

Go to various search engines and perform a search under which you would like to appear.

Dissect those pages to find common elements that make them show up.

~ How often and where do keywords appear on page? ~ How many words on page in total? ~ Do they put keywords in their hypertext links? ~ How many other sites link to them and could you easily get a link from those sites too?

** Beware of registration vs. promotion

Plenty of companies will "register" your website with thousands of search engines for about $50-$100.

But simply submitting to search engines won't do much for you. Without proper structure in your website, only sheer luck will cause your site to pop up in top ten!

-- Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how to use fr-e articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or affiliate links... http://www.turnwordsintotraffic.com

To defeat this little nasty just click and hold down arrow next to your browser's "back" button (on both Internet Explorer and Netscape) to see a list of last few pages you've browsed.

Click on a link in history list to free yourself and resume surfing.

Careful though, you may not have been hijacked, you may have been victim of next dirty trick.

** Fast Meta Refresh **

A predecessor of pop-up window, fast meta refresh trick involves opening one page and almost instantly having your browser redirected to another page.

This tactic, often used by search engine promoters, often leads to wasted time on pages that have little relevance to your search.

It may also entail opening five to ten additional windows, frequently displaying offensive material such as pornography.

Closing all your browser windows and starting over seems only sure-fire way to defeat this tactic. Hitting your back button to retreat from problem will usually just cause more windows to appear.

Quick Tip: If you find yourself attacked by multiple pop-up ads, hold down key and hit key repeatedly, all web browser windows on your screen will disappear faster than new ones can pop open.

If you feel a website operator appears to openly abuse visitors with annoying or unscrupulous tactics, feel free to complain to their hosting company or search engines.

By doing so you might save next person a whole lot of inconvenience.

-- Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how to use fr-e articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or affiliate links...http://www.turnwordsintotraffic.com